--- a/mod_pubsub_post/mod_pubsub_post.lua	Mon Dec 30 22:44:12 2019 +0100
+++ b/mod_pubsub_post/mod_pubsub_post.lua	Wed Jan 01 10:11:08 2020 +0100
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 		return { status_code = 400; body = "object or array expected"; };
 	end
 	local wrapper = st.stanza("json", { xmlns="urn:xmpp:json:0" }):text(data);
-	return publish_payload(node, actor, data.id or "current", wrapper);
+	return publish_payload(node, actor, type(parsed.id) == "string" and parsed.id or "current", wrapper);
 end
 
 local function publish_atom(node, actor, feed)